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THE L1TTLEST RABBIT
By Robert Kraus
THE LITTLEST RABBIT
By Robert Kraus
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KUTTYUNDU MUYAL (In Tamil)
English Original: THE LITTLEST RABBIT
Authors ROBERT KRAUS
Tamil Translation: Ko Ma. Ko. Elango
First Pub list ted: November 2017
Thanks to: BGVS
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My father is enormous.
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“Nya, nya, littiest rabbit," they say.
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Every night, when I say my prayers,
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On day, my prayers are answered.
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This time I know what I can say,
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punching one and kicking the other.
They run home crying to their mothers,
All bullies are cowards.
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I hurry home to tell my father about my victory.
“I’m very proud of my big fellow,”
he says, shaking my hand.
This time he’s right. I am a big fellow.
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The sun never shone so brightly.
The birds never sang so sweetly.
The grass never looked so green.
The world is a beautiful place!
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As I wander through the fields
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Your father is fat and lazy."
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He is smaller than a daisy,
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“Thank you, big rabbit," says the little rabbit.
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“I am a big rabbit now," I say.
“But once I was the littlest rabbit."
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